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BuildForge::Ex::APIException: API: Access denied: 7

Troubleshooting


Problem

This technote details a known defect that causes the error, []com.buildforge.services.common.api.APIException: API: Access denied: 7[], to occur in the Tomcat window when the API user attempts to add himself to a new group.

Symptom


The methods addMemberUser for the AccessGroup object, and addAccessGroup for the User object both fail with an Access Denied message, as note below:

In the command line

BuildForge::Ex::APIException: API: Access denied: 7.


In the Tomcat window


Nov 27, 2007 3:44:30 PM com.buildforge.services.server.api.AuthContext loginLdap
INFO: Authenticated LDAP user: kaduer@us.ibm.com
Nov 27, 2007 3:44:30 PM com.buildforge.services.server.util.AccessCache check
INFO: check: MISS
Nov 27, 2007 3:44:30 PM com.buildforge.services.server.util.AccessCache check
INFO: check: MISS
Nov 27, 2007 3:44:31 PM com.buildforge.services.server.util.AccessCache check
INFO: check: MISS
Nov 27, 2007 3:44:31 PM com.buildforge.services.server.util.AccessCache check
INFO: check: MISS
Nov 27, 2007 3:44:31 PM com.buildforge.services.server.util.AccessCache check
INFO: check: MISS
Nov 27, 2007 3:44:31 PM com.buildforge.services.server.util.AccessCache check
INFO: check: MISS
Nov 27, 2007 3:44:31 PM com.buildforge.services.server.api.APIServerConnection process
WARNING: !!!
com.buildforge.services.common.api.APIException: API: Access denied: 7.
at com.buildforge.services.common.api.APIException.needLevel(APIException.java:313)
at com.buildforge.services.server.api.AuthContext.checkLevel(AuthContext.java:314)
at com.buildforge.services.server.api.commands.AccessCommands.addMemberUser(AccessCommands.java:327)
at com.buildforge.services.server.api.commands.AccessCommands.invoke(AccessCommands.java:116)
at com.buildforge.services.server.api.APICommandProcessor.process(APICommandProcessor.java:185)
at com.buildforge.services.server.api.APIServerConnection.handleRequest(APIServerConnection.java:155)
at com.buildforge.services.server.api.APIServerConnection.process(APIServerConnection.java:107)
at com.buildforge.services.server.dispatch.handler.BufferedConnection.run(BufferedConnection.java:175)
at com.buildforge.services.server.dispatch.ThreadPool$WorkerThread.run(ThreadPool.java:333)

The same user can add himself to the new group while logged in through the user interface.

The user is a member already of the System manager and Security groups with the permissions to perform the task of adding users to new groups.

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Modified date:
11 June 2026

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